Ontario Reign vs Tucson Roadrunners

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Minor-league hockey converts people faster than any other sport, because the puck is close enough that you can hear what the players say to each other.

Families across the Inland Empire worked this out quietly and now treat Toyota Arena as a standing plan: it is cheap, it is fast, and the between-periods promotions keep the kids as entertained as the hockey keeps everybody else. The Reign play the skilled, quick style you would expect from a club feeding the Kings, and Tucson brings a desert edge with real needle in it.

An autumn Friday night, seats down near the glass, somebody's kid banging on the boards during warmups and a whole section that knows the goalie's first name.

Bring the whole family and watch at least one of them fall for this permanently. That is how it always goes.